[DiogenesLamp]

Yep, I couldn’t have said it better. It seems to me that an American citizen parent can transmit a sense of patriotism, allegiance and love of country to a child who is capable of grasping those concepts, from anywhere on the planet.

Don't you mean MATRIotism? PATRIotism is the domain of the Father.

Washington, Jefferson and Madison had no trouble accepting honorary French citizenship to show solidarity with the French Revolution.

Jefferson didn't get Honorary citizenship. Aren't you keeping up?

Washington and Madison had no problem with it because it was honorific, not actual.

[wintertime]

Gee! The kids in Vietnam fathered American soldiers have an American parent.

Given Levin's reasoning they could be president after living in the U.S. the required number of years.

I will likely lose this argument but Natural Born Citizen means no allegiance to another country. That means American parentS, born in this country, and no other country's citizenship, or eligibility for of other country's citizenship due to the parent's status, any kind.